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Vedas

“Although animal sacrifices were prevalent in the Vedic period, there were already some attempts to reduce this. They came up with the idea that instead of killing an animal, one could offer heartfelt praise to the gods or a fuel-stick or cooked food (see RVS 8.19.5 and 8.24.20 for example). In later times, they even developed an ingenious theory that a person who eats meat will—in his next birth—become the meat eaten by that animal (Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 9.6.1.3).” [SG15]

“animals taking their revenge in afterlife” is found in vedic age texts too.

just cooking is known to involve injury to other beings, and begets compensatory ritual.

Later lore

Story of uparichara vasu falling from heaven for siding with the deities on animal sacrifice [Mbh 12.37, Mbh 14.91].

The purANic Gods in human incarnation, and their close associates clearly hunted.